MANKIND'S SUICIDE

[sakoson]

Just listened to an audio book A LIFE ON OUR PLANET by DAVID ATTENBOROUGH,
It makes grim listening or reading on how we are destroying our planet, he states that slowly but surely we are coming to the point of no return if we haven't already reached it.
So people like me and you are all doing our bit like driving our 4x4s [carbon monoxide] or eating beef [methane from cows] or many of the other things that cause greenhouse gas.
Some may say that my little bit won't matter, but it will if we all said that.
SO AGAIN WHAT CAN WE DO ?, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ?. WILL WE DO WHATS NEEDED ?
yours disturbingly
James

 

[Rory]

Ha ha, yeah, David 'Death Merchant' Attenborough.... kinell, he's a depressing guy. They make it seem like tsunamis and volcanoes are man made!

 

[AN DU RU FOX]

We can all do our bit , but in the end mankind will just keep shooting itself in the foot , pure greed ! nothing more nothing less.

 

[Sprocker101]

I used to love watching his programmes, now it’s all a bit too depressing.

I recycle and do my bit wherever I can.... however the only way to realistically make a difference is to drastically reduce the human population ( something nature has been trying to do for a long time) and that doesn’t seem to be happening no matter what people say about COVID.
The earth was here long before us and will be here long after us.

 

[Sampo]

Looks like the world population is on the decline

Population Growth

Explore global and national data on population growth, demography, and how they are changing.

ourworldindata.org

 

[T.eddie]

I'd happily get an electric truck when they come out but then there's the argument what happens with the battery when it's done with

 

[AN DU RU FOX]

we will build houses out of them and clad em with asbestos.

 

[Sprocker101]

Didn’t read it all I have to admit, but looks like the percentage of growth is declining, not the population itself declining. Either way, it’s not going to be enough.

we’re all doomed I tell ya

 

[sakoson]

Ha ha, yeah, David 'Death Merchant' Attenborough.... kinell, he's a depressing guy. They make it seem like tsunamis and volcanoes are man made!

David Attenborough is just the messenger , think what he is saying is scientific evidence

 

[paul dillon]

There's been volcano activity forest fires and fossil fuel being burned for millennium dinosaurs running a muck dropping turds every where gasses coming from all over and the closest you got to recycling was Fred Flintstones bone knife and fork! but all jokes aside we all do our bit in some way or another except for the big industries that pretend to

 

[SDM]

Reduce the population reduce the damage isnt that what we do with deer.

 

[Pedro]

It's all about how many of us humans are on the planet. We all contribute, to a greater or lesser degree to the general malaise. And you are quite right that we can all reduce our carbon footprint. But the 66 million in the UK, if we all did do that, would be a very small percentage of world population. What's more, there's countries much bigger than ours that cannot, or have no intention of reducing their collective footprint. So I really do see the problem. What I don't see is a way out.

Vastly reducing our population levels will be the eventual answer. But there again, there's countries, if not continents that wouldn't do that. Perhaps the planet's eco-system will be so damaged that the amount of humans will naturally diminish and so hopefully give the planet time to regenerate.

One thing for sure, David Attenborough will not be around to see it and I suspect that is also true of most of the folk on here. We can only reduce our personal footprints so much though. If the population keeps rising, it'll cancel any benefits selling the 4X4 would bring.

Anyway, vegetating at home and all those aeroplanes parked up will have helped recently. We just need to stop that Mr Attenborough flying all over creation now!

 

[Pete6.5]

Everyone have less kids is the only answer I can see

 

[Tugmanade]

Does anyone question the **** China is pumping out, I’d have thought what we’re doing is a drop in the ocean compared to the pollutants they and some other countries are throwing into the atmosphere.

 

[Mossypaw]

Sixty odd years constantly flying round the globe. I don’t think my carbon footprint will ever come close to Attenborough’s.

 

[bluesako]

im just putting another log on the fire and gonna do some crumpets, dont you think that all the atomic bombs that were tested in the 60,s and 70,s had anything to do with global warming, china and russia dont give a toss about pollution same goes for africa, and all the other tin pot countrys using fossil fuels, and they want me to stop using a wood burner to keep warm and to cook, on,mine isnt a nice trendy ornament in the house, i couldnt give a toss, mmm now where,s my crumpets. bs.

 

[slider]

Just listened to an audio book A LIFE ON OUR PLANET by DAVID ATTENBOROUGH,
It makes grim listening or reading on how we are destroying our planet, he states that slowly but surely we are coming to the point of no return if we haven't already reached it.
So people like me and you are all doing our bit like driving our 4x4s [carbon monoxide] or eating beef [methane from cows] or many of the other things that cause greenhouse gas.
Some may say that my little bit won't matter, but it will if we all said that.
SO AGAIN WHAT CAN WE DO ?, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ?. WILL WE DO WHATS NEEDED ?
yours disturbingly
James

We have become too successful at managing our own health and unwitting natures way of keeping population in check.

The only way out is to cull 90% of the population. I suspect nature will find a way eventually.

 

[Sprocker101]

Reduce the population reduce the damage isnt that what we do with deer.

I often say to the mrs that if the people walking down the high street were deer, my target cull rate would be 80% minimum, watching them hobble and cough along looking crook.

 

[Apthorpe]

Does anyone question the **** China is pumping out, I’d have thought what we’re doing is a drop in the ocean compared to the pollutants they and some other countries are throwing into the atmosphere.

Yeah, but much of what they're pumping out is a result of us demanding what they make - cheaper and dirtier. Can't entirely blame them, the rotten, maggot-sucking, civet-felching, bat-crunching commie scumbags.

 

[User00040]

As long as there are still V8's around after the apocalypse/armageddon then all will be fine, until you need to refuel